= Recent Updates
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Applications
MultiHex
String Search
ColorSel
ICOcapt
FontShow
Gobbledy
ScanDupe
QuikView |
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MultiHex (V1.78.0) |
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A few years ago, I used a wonderful little Text/Hex viewer in Win3.1 called Gander.
I decided to have a go at writing my own WIN95 version when I needed to rapidly
search through some huge WordPerfect files (typically greater than 8MB)
that WinWord could not decipher.
Here is the result. MultiHex has such features as drag-and-drop, multiple files
(up to 16 at a time), character filtering, font selection, search for text or hexadecimal sequences, etc.
New features include:
Note: a "bug" with occasional incorrect alignment of the Address and Hexadecimal
display areas was detected in recent versions. This bug was (hopefully) fixed in V1.70.2.
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| Download MultiHex.zip (369KB) |
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String Search (V1.78.0) |
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I used my own DR-DOS version of String Search (SS) for many years, but I wanted
a WIN95 version with all the same (and more) bells and whistles. SS performs the
task that FIND does when searching for files containing a text sample,
but shows you the matches in the context of an 80 character line. You can even have
SS launch an application associated with a filename,
call MultiHex to examine an entire file in detail,
or launch the supporting application if the filetype is registered,
rather than just showing an excerpt. You can select and edit multiple directories, select and edit multiple file filters, and select restricted date ranges, all from a single MultiSelect dialog box. There is also a very handy whitespace remover - allowing you to search for word sequences without worrying about any extraneous spaces, line breaks or even paragraph breaks, and a Word Perfect converter which converts WP control codes to permit easier string searching and display. When no string is specified, SS behaves like FIND, but with multiple directory and file filters. This makes SS ideal for file searching across multiple drives or paths. SS can also be used to quickly generate a printed output of a list of files, complete with file date and time stamps, and filesize, for each file in a specified directory or tree.
The latest additions include: |
| Download SS.zip (380KB) |
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ColorSel (V1.04.3) |
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This was my first real Delphi application. I had to learn how to create Visual Components at
the same time as I mastered the Delphi language. It is yet another HTML colour selection
application, but with my own twists added such as HTML "pure" colour locking,
nearest colour matching, four different ways to select colours,
and a special HTML Colour Dialog box (hhHTMLColorDialog).
Select the exact colours you want with ColorSel! Works great when used in conjunction with Arachnophilia, my HTML editor. |
| Download CSel.zip (166KB) |
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IcoCapt (V1.1.0) |
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This was originally a BP7 application for Windows v3.1. It really taught me to loathe Windows programming!
Everything had to be done, down to creating menus, dialog boxes and image manipulation.
However, IcoCapt did provide an ideal method to take a snapshot of an icon-sized area
(32x32 pixels) on the screen and create an icon file (*.ICO) from that snapshot. I have finally converted IcoCapt into a Delphi application. It has all the features of the earlier version, fixed a few bugs and also has a few extras, such as background transparency and two icon sizes (32x32 and 16x16). The snapshot is shown magnified, with easily changed magnification level by resizing the IcoCapt display or by menu options. To make icon capture easier, the cursor keys can be used to micro-navigate around the area of interest. Even if you do not use IcoCapt to capture icons, it is still useful as a sreen magnifier because IcoCapt uses the full colour palette of the snapshot area. Colour reduction to 16/256-colour palette is not done until the icon is saved. IcoCapt creates 32x32 pixel icons with 256 colours by using a dynamic allocation of colours based on a scan of the icon. The scan uses a unique spiral technique, scanning around from the centre, with the top leg of each loop being scanned last. This means the more important lower-centre area of the icon is scanned earlier. If all 256 colours are used, any further colours are mapped to the nearest value. Magnification for a 1024x768 display ranges from X5 to X21 for a 32x32 snapshot, and X10 to X37 for a 16x16 snapshot. Latest changes include: 
Help file added to give detailed instruction
Show icon pixel colour by value or name
Display icon as it will be saved
Stay-on-top by default
Settings saved in Windows Registry
4-bit (16 colours) or 8-bit (256 colours) for 32x32 icons
Unique spiral scan maximises colour selections in lower centre of icon |
| Download IcoCapt.zip (252KB) |
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FontShow (V2.00.0) |
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I wanted a Delphi application which could locate a wide range of TrueType fonts
from a mass storage, such as a CD-ROM, and show how they looked
without needing to load them into the Windows/Fonts folder. The result is
FontShow.
It builds upon some BP7 code written several years ago to extract the required font
information from the *.TTF files. FontShow can find a range of fonts, select one or more, then load them into the fonts folder. Another feature is its ability to perform only a single-session font load for transient use. This means the fonts will be available only until Windows is rebooted, making this mode ideal for quick one-off productions. FontShow can also print a sample page, similar to that produced by the normal Control Panel fonts utility. It also has the feature of allowing previewing and printing any desired text, making it ideal for WYSIWYG preview without loading the font. Version 2 is a major revision, with a static Details window, tool bar and use of the Registry to save settings on exit. It can also examine the contents of the installed system fonts. (Note: A problem in previous versions of FontShow that caused it to occasionally incorrectly display or print the font has been fixed. ) |
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Gobbledy [V1.00.1] |
| This is a little fun application designed to generate "GobbledyGook" reports. All you need is to specify a title and the number of sentences for it to create your very own realistic, yet gobbledygook, report. It will generate acronyms, create paragraphs and finish with a glossary. Just adjust the first sentence as a lead-in and then export the results to your favourite word processor. |
| Download gobbledy.zip (332KB) |
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ScanDupe [V1.13.1] |
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ScanDupe searches paths for duplicate file entries. It has the ability to search
two different sub-paths, even on different drives, to find the duplicate files.
Duplicate files are defined as those having the same FileName, FileDate/time and FileSize. The results, with suggested files for deletion, are shown in a checked list box. However, the user has the final choice of which file(s) to delete. ScanDupe uses three of my Delphi Visual Components:
hhFindfile
hhPathSelDialog
hhFilePropsSee the ScanDupe Help file with the application for more details. |
| Download ScanDupe.zip (201KB) |
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QuikView [V1.1.5] |
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QuikView provides a simple and quick method for viewing simple ASCII Text (*.TXT) files,
Rich Text Format (*.RTF) files, or a range of image files (*.BMP,*.JPG,*.JPEG,*.GIF,*.ICO,*.EMF)
Files containing Rich Text may be displayed as simple text or with RTF interpretation.
Image files (except ICO) are stretched to fill the display space.
Selection consists of defining the drive (in a Drive Combo Box) and file type (In a Filter Combo Box), both in the Toolbar. This action opens a Directory List Box on the left of the QuikView window, which can be navigated to the required folder. As each folder is opened, the matching files are shown below the Directory in a File List Box. Clicking any file opens it in a Rich Edit box (or Image overlay) on the right of the QuikView window. Alternatively, you may drag and drop any file to QuikView, either to a shortcut icon on the desktop, or to QuikView while it is running. You can even change file associations to point to QuikView so that double clicking in an explorer window will launch and display the file via QuikView. See the QuikView Help file with the application for more details. |
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Thanks!
Howard
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